Post by dave910 on Aug 10, 2010 22:36:59 GMT -5
It is billed as "The Greatest Show on Earth." On Sat. Aug. 7, thousands of KISS fans older and some very young, had the chance the see this veteran band rock the Comcast Center in Mansfield.
This was an early birthday present from my brother Steve, whom I attended the show with. It was our first time seeing Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer perform live. The band took the stage just before nine o'clock and began with "Modern Day Delilah" the first radio track from "Sonic Boom", the first studio album from KISS in eleven years. Paul Stanley is not only a great guitar player, but an excellent frontman, whooping up the crowd with "Welcome Boston!" on numerous occasions. The band also dug into older songs like "Cold Gin" and "Duece". It's not a KISS show without the theatrics and KISS delivered with plenty of pyro and explosions to go along with thier set.
For "I Love It Loud", Gene Simmons was suspended by cables and perfomed twenty feet above the stage. Not be outdone, rhythm guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer were also eleved above the stage as well. Singer and Thayer did blistering solos in the middle of the set. Proving these veterans to be top knotch musicans.
Two more songs were also showcased from "Sonic Boom", Paul invited the crowd to sing along to "Say Yeah!" and complied. Gene's aptly titled "I'm An Animal" also invoked his tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.
The late 80's were represented with "Crazy Crazy Nights" which hasn't been performed in awhile. Other highlights included 100,000 Years and the thunderous "Love Gun".
For the encore Paul Stanley announced that KISS' approach would be unconventional. There weren't going to mess around with playing one song have more applause and come back 15,000 times. He did offer the longest encore in history. What a great encore it was. The acoustic "Beth" was a real treat with Tommy Thayer handling vocal duties once held by Peter Criss. Stanley had crew members pulley him the center of the pavillion for the disco-tinged "I Was Made For Loving You". Note: My brother got a cool picture of this on his phone!
Paul took some time out to thank the brave men and women in our armed forces and then signed a check for $91,000 to the Wounded Warriors project. From there he launched into "Lick It Up". The show finished off with "God Gave Rock n' Roll To You" the cover the Argent tune and "Rock and Roll All Nite" complete with explosions and confetti.
This ranks as one of my favorite concert experiences. I don't even know half as many songs as a hardcore KISS fan, but I would definately check them out when they roll into Boston again!
This was an early birthday present from my brother Steve, whom I attended the show with. It was our first time seeing Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer perform live. The band took the stage just before nine o'clock and began with "Modern Day Delilah" the first radio track from "Sonic Boom", the first studio album from KISS in eleven years. Paul Stanley is not only a great guitar player, but an excellent frontman, whooping up the crowd with "Welcome Boston!" on numerous occasions. The band also dug into older songs like "Cold Gin" and "Duece". It's not a KISS show without the theatrics and KISS delivered with plenty of pyro and explosions to go along with thier set.
For "I Love It Loud", Gene Simmons was suspended by cables and perfomed twenty feet above the stage. Not be outdone, rhythm guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer were also eleved above the stage as well. Singer and Thayer did blistering solos in the middle of the set. Proving these veterans to be top knotch musicans.
Two more songs were also showcased from "Sonic Boom", Paul invited the crowd to sing along to "Say Yeah!" and complied. Gene's aptly titled "I'm An Animal" also invoked his tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.
The late 80's were represented with "Crazy Crazy Nights" which hasn't been performed in awhile. Other highlights included 100,000 Years and the thunderous "Love Gun".
For the encore Paul Stanley announced that KISS' approach would be unconventional. There weren't going to mess around with playing one song have more applause and come back 15,000 times. He did offer the longest encore in history. What a great encore it was. The acoustic "Beth" was a real treat with Tommy Thayer handling vocal duties once held by Peter Criss. Stanley had crew members pulley him the center of the pavillion for the disco-tinged "I Was Made For Loving You". Note: My brother got a cool picture of this on his phone!
Paul took some time out to thank the brave men and women in our armed forces and then signed a check for $91,000 to the Wounded Warriors project. From there he launched into "Lick It Up". The show finished off with "God Gave Rock n' Roll To You" the cover the Argent tune and "Rock and Roll All Nite" complete with explosions and confetti.
This ranks as one of my favorite concert experiences. I don't even know half as many songs as a hardcore KISS fan, but I would definately check them out when they roll into Boston again!
